Unexpected arrival at Wren.

On Wednesday 25th April at around 12:10pm there was a sudden loud noise that got all of our attention. As our Sixth Form Centre has just started to be built many people thought that it was the builders and the building work. As it got louder people started to realise that it wasn't the building work but it was a helicopter. We were all surprised at the sight of an Air Ambulance landing right in the middle of our School Playground. We were just about to leave our lessons when it arrived, but we had to stay in the lesson we were in until we got clearance from the Air Ambulance Crew. As we departed for our next lesson (or lunch) around 10 minutes late we all passed the helicopter and we were amazed it had landed in our playground!  We had to pull the blinds down in our classrooms so we couldn't see the casualty being brought to the helicopter. However when we heard the helicopter start up, we were allowed to open the blinds and see it take off. It had been in the Playground for about an hour before it took off, as we heard the rotors start up, we opened the blinds and went to the window. As it had been raining very heavy while the helicopter was on the ground, when the rotors started, all the water that flew of was amazing! When it finally took to the air the Co-pilot gave us all a wave and then the helicopter was off into the distance carrying the casualty to a hospital in Central London.

We can say that the injured man was a truck driver that had been chasing after his Sainsbury's truck after it had been stolen. The man tripped over and injured his head severely so that he needed immediate attention and had to be taken to Hospital by helicopter. The school was the closest place that the Air Ambulance could land because it was on the side road behind the school.

Let's all hope he get's better soon and that the criminal is caught.